Weighing scale



Oct. 16,1923. 1,470,669

` H. O. HEM

WEIGHING SCALE Filed Feb. 25, 1920 5 sheets-smet 2 wam iw M Aamwm Oct. 1s, 1923. 1,470,669

H. O. HEM

WEIGHING SCALE Filed Feb, 25 1920 5 SheetS-S'heetA 3 0t.1s,1923. l- 1,470,669

H. o. HEM

WEIGHING SCALE Filed FebQ 25, 1920 5 sheets-sheet 4 Oct. 16 1923. 1,470,669

` H. o.v HEM WEIGHING SCALE Filed Feb. 25 1920 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 i Snow,

Patented Oct. 16, 1923.

LUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.l

HALVOR O. HEM, F TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO TOLEDO SCALE COMPANY, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF NEXV JERSEY.

WEIGHING SCALE.

Application filed February 25, 1920.

To '12 Z whom it 'may concern Be it known that I.y HALvon UEM, a citizen ot the [lnited States, residing at Toledo. in the county ot Lucas and State ot Chio, have invented certain new and use/ful Improvements in Weighing Scales, ot which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to weighing scales,

that inji'lriously atlect the accuracv ot thek scale. Owing to the facts that itulcrum stands are not always absolutely rigid. that there is a certain amount of defiection in the levers and other parts, and that the levers swing about ditlierent pivotal axes, a perinanentlv plumb condition in the connec 3U tions cannot ordinarily be obtained. One ot the principal objects of this invention is to prevent such injurious out-ot-plumb and outfit-level conditions by providing means vfor connecting the platform "levers ot the scale so that all ot the lever pivots may be in substantially the same horizontal plane and the axes ot the connecting pivots may intersect at the intersection ot the central vertical planes ot' the respective levers.

Another object ot the invention is to so construct the pivotal. connections that the levers may be placed at any desired angle to each other without injuriously affecting the arrangement; of the pivots.

Another object is to so construct the pivotal connections as to allow tree movement ot' the levers about the tulcrums without musing binding. y

Another o'bject is the provision ot means tor connecting the noses ot' two or more levers to a depending member so that the axes of the nose pivotsintersect on the vertical axis ot vsuch depending member.

Still another object is the provision of an Serial No. 361,250.

improved adjustable nose iron which is easily machined and capable of accurate adjustment.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, in which reference is had to the accompanying drawings illustrating preferred embodiments of my invention and whereinsimilar reference numerals designate similar parts throughout the several views.A

In the drawings Figure is a plan view of a scale embody ing my invention, parts being broken away to disclose the platform levers;

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sec tional `elevation of the scale shown in F ig ure 1;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary elevation sliowing a connection between two ot the scale levers;

Figure 4t is a sectional plan view, the section being taken substantially on the line 1 ft of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a vertical sec-tional view, thev section being taken substantially on the line 5 5 of Figure 3;

Figure 6 a similar view, the section beingtaken substantially on the line (3W-(3 o t Figure 4t;

Figure7 a `fragmentary elevation showing a part of the connection trom the long platform levers to the shelt lever o'tY thc scale;

Figure 8 is a sectional plan view taken substantially on the line 8 9 o't Figure 7:

Figure 9 is an elevational view taken trom the right ot Figure 7;

Figure 10 is a somewhat diagrammatic plan' view showing several possible positions ot the levers;

Figure 11. is a side elevation of they nose iron ot the shelt lever;

Figures 12 and 13 are respectively a plan view and end elevation thereof; Y

Figure 14 is a side elevation of anothery form of shelf lever nose;

Iigure 15 is an elevation of the same; an.

Figure 16 is a side elevation of still another forin of shelf lever nose.

I have shownthe mechanism of my invention as erected in a pit A of concrete, which is covered by the scale platform 1 and has an extension B covered by a deck upon which is placed a cabinet 2 housing' the beam weighing mechanism. The platform lever mechanism of my invention adapted for use with either automatic or non-automatic weighing mechanisni` and l have, for the purpose of illustration, shown it as can bodied in a scale in which the cabinet surinounted b v a head 3 containing automatic weighing mechanism of the pendulum tfpe and a dial l upon which the lfiafl oll'sct b v the pendulum nicchani indicated bv means of a hand 5. ilince nrv present invention covers only the platform lever i'nechanism of the scale 1 have not shown the weighing mechanism contained in the cahinet 4and head in detail and will not attempt to describe it nor delineate its action.

Suitably mounted within the pit fr are fulcrum stands 6 which support the fulcruin of the platform levers. The platpivots i' form is supported upon the load pivots of the scale levers by means of suspension bearings S hingedhv connected to the ,frirlers of the platform structure. The means bv which the platform is supported upon the load pivots of the platform levers is described. in detail in my co-pending application, Ser. No. 361,251, filed on even date herewith, and the invention claimed in this application does not reside in the specific structure of the suspension bearings per se, the invention claimed herein being also adapted for embodiment in scales having other specific means for supporting the platform from the load pivots.

I have illustrated a scale having a pair of long levers 10 and a pair of short levers 11 connected thereto bv means of connection forming a part of my invention It is to be understood, however` that this connection may also be used in connection levers otherwise arranged. Each of the long levers 10 is provided with a transverse opening of substantially rectangular' shape. and rising from the lower side of each of said openings is a lug or standard 13 havingr transverse groove in its upper end. Seated in the grooved upper end of the lug 13 is a knife-edged pivot bar 14 of sullieient length to extend bevond the sides of the lever 1. and supported upon each end of the upturned knife edge of the pivot 'l1/1; is a lgrooved bearing` block 15. Each block l5 is provided with a perforation which rcceives a pin 16 to swingingly support a dcpending link 17 which extends to a. point below the edge of the lever 10. The blocks which rest upon the upper edge of the pivot llt are rigidl)7 connected b'v means of a strip 1S, the ends of which are turned downwardly over the ends of the blocks and form thrust bearings for the ends of the pivot 11i. The links 17 extend outwardly on each side of the lever and their lower ends are piv otally connected by means of pins to a pair of bearin'ei blocks 19 which are identical with the blocks 15 but which have their grooved sides uppermost. A strip 20, identical with the strip 1S, rigidl)v connects the blocks 19 so that when the links 17 swing on their supporting pins the bearing blocks 1f) are not tilted and the grooves in the blocks remain in horizontal alignment.

Supported b v the blocks 19 is a frame coinprising a plate-like member 21 cari-ving a pluralitv of adjustable, upright posts 122 upon the upper ends of which is secured an iulus 23. llxtending downwardl,Y from thc lower face of the plate-like member 21 is a lug 24-, and a pivot bar 25 extends through the lug 24 and rests upon the bearing blocks 19.

The posts 22 extend upwardly on both sides of the lever 10 and the annulus eX- tends through the openingr in the lever. A second annulus 26 rests upon the upper face of the annulus Q3 and carries pairs of upright lugs 27 between each pair of which is pivoted a grooved bearing block 2S, the bottoms of the grooves lying in the saine plane as the knife edge of the pivot 14. Lugs QE) extend downwardly from the annulus QG and embrace the a-nnulus 23 and serve to hold the annuli in concentric relation while permitting relative rotation thereof. The nose end of each of the levers 11 is bifurcated and extends into the rectangular opening in the corresponding lever 10.

Nose pivots 30 extend inwardly from each of the furcations and rest in the grooves of the bearing block 28. The annuli are thus held against tilting transverseb7 of the lever 11, and since they7 are so supported that the)l cannot tilt transverseli7 of the lever 1() they must at all times remain horizontal.

The parts are so proportioned and arranged that when in nornral position the edges of the pivots 14 and 30 lie in lines which intersect in the line of intersection of the central vertical planes of the levers 1() and 11. `During weighing movements the edges of the pivots 14 and BO are always in a horizontal plane and are free to move in that plane relatively to each other. Owing to this arralurenient no strains haviiig veri 2 l components can lre set up b v slight flis-` uaccnienls or distortions of the levers. Since the annuli 23 and Q6 are relativelyY rota-able` it. is evident that the lever l1 inavv be placed at any convenient angle to the lever 10.

ln order that the nose pivots of the longr levers 1() maj.' lie in the saine horizontal plano. l have provided one of the levers with a forked nose iron 231 and the other with a nose iron 32 havingT a depressed portion 333 adapted to pass beneath one of the forks and an upturned end 34 adapted to extend between them. The nose pivots 35 of the forked nose iron are supported in pivoted bearings 36 carried by a oke 37, while the nose pivot 38 of the nose iron 32 is supported in pivoted bearings 39 carried by a smaller yoke 40. kThe yoke 40 is secured to the lower end of a rod 41 and the yoke 37 is siviveled upon the rod 41 and is provided with a socket 42 which receives a spherical projection 43 on the yoke 40. While the yoke 37 is thus snpjgiorted upon the'yoke 40 it is universally movable with respect thereto, so that the levers may be placed at any desiredv angle to each other. The levers 10 and 11 may theret'ore be arranged to cooperate with a platform of any desired shape.

The upper end of the rod 41 is secured to a stirrnp which` is supported by the load pivot 46 ot a shelf lever 47 supported from the deck ot' the pit extension B, the nose of the shelf lever being connected to a steelyard 48 leading upwardly to the Weighing'beam in the cabinet 2.

In order to provide for adjusting the length of the shelf lever 47 I have provided a novel nose iron structure, several forms of which are shovvn in Figures 11 to 16. Socketed or box-like nose irons, which are adapted to be slipped over the ends of levers, are difficult to machine, but the nose iron of my invention is so constructed as to facilitate machining ot the parts which engage the lever. In the form shown in Figures 11 to 13 I have constructed the nose iron in tivo parts, 50 and 51. The upper part 50 is provided with channeled portions to fit the upper side of the lever end and the lower part 51 is provided with channeled portions to tit the lower side of the level` end. The upper and lower parts are tied together' by means ot bolts, and an adjusting screw passing through an ear 54 on the lever and engaging a lug on the upper nose iron part 50 provides for very accurate adjustment ot the effective length ot the lever. The nose pivot 56 is, in this form of the device, secured to the upper part 50 and rests in bearings 57 pivotally carried by the clevis 5S.

In the moilitieation shown in Figures 14 and l5 the nose iron is in the form ot a channeled member open at one side, the interior el the channel being comjliaratively easy tov machine. The upper and lower sides 50 and 51 ot the channel correspond to the parts and 5l. of the nose iron structure described above. They are tied iogether b v mea-ns of bolts 52 which, when the nose iron has been slipped upon the leve]l and adjusted by means ofthe screw 53, may be tightened and the nose iron thus securely clamped in place.

The structure shown in Figure 16A is substantially the same as the form shown in Figure 11, except in that it is inverted and the steelyard is connected to the lower part 501 of the nose iron construction, the pivot 56b having its edge, of course, turned downwardly. The clevis 58b used with this structure must be long enough to embrace the end of the lever. It is to be noted that by means of my connections the pivots of the levers 1() and 11 may all be located in the same plane and that the pull ot each of the levers is etlectually transmitted to the steelyard 48.

While yit will be apparent that the illustrated embodiments of my invention herein disclosed are Well calculated to adequately fulfill the objects primarily stated, it .is to be understood that the invention is susceptible to variation, modification and change Within the spirit and scope ot the subjoined claims,

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a scale, in combination, a long lever having fulcrum, load and nose pivots and an intermediate pivot, a short lever having fulcrum, load and nose pivots, all of the pivots of both oit said levers lying in substantially the same horizontal plane, and means whereby the nose pivot of the short lever is supported from the intermediate pivot of the long lever.

2. In a scale, in combination, a long lever having fulcrum, load and nose pivots and an intermediate pivot, a short lever having fulcrum, load and nose pivots, all. of the pivots ot' both of said levers lying in substantially the same horizontal plane, and means whereby the nose pivot ot the short lever is supported from the intermeiliate pivot of the long lever, the axes ot the nose pivot of said short lever and the intermediate pivot of said long lever intersecting substantially in the central vertical plane ot said long lever.

3. In a scale, in combination, a lever, an intermediate pivot thereon, a second lever having a nose pivot and means whereby said nose pivot is supported by said intermediate pivot, the axes of said pivots intersecting substantially in the central plane ot the first said lever.

4. In a scale, in con'ibination, a leve;` an intermediate pivot thereon. a second lever having a nose pivot thereon, the axes of said pivots intersectiiiig substantially in the eentral plane ot the lirst said lever. and flexible connecting means between said pivots.

5. In a scale, in combination. a lever having an intermediate pivot, a lever having a nose pivot, the axes ot' said pivots intersecting in the line of intersection oit' the central planes oit said levers` and tlexible connecting means between said pivots.

6, In a scale, in combination, a lever having a transverse opening, a pivot supported in said opening, and a second lever having a nose pivot, the axes of said pivots intersecting` in the central vertical plane ot the [irst said lever.

.7. ln a scale. in combination, a lever having a transve 1c opening therethrough, a pivot supported in said opening, an articulated l'rame supported b v said pivot, and a second lever having its nose extending into said opening and supported b v said trame,

ln a scale, in combination, a lever having` a transverse opening therein, a pivot supported in said opening, a pair ot links depending Vtroni said pivot, a rigid member supported by said links, and a second lever having a nose pivot. the axis or whichy cx tends into said opening, said nose pivot be` ing supported on said rigid meirber.

Sl. ln a scale. in combination, a lever having a transverse )ening therein, a pivot supported in said opening, a pair of links dependingl from said pivot, an annulus in said opening supported by said links, and a second lever having a nose pivotr supported on said annulus.

l0. In a scale, in combination, a lever havY` ing an opening therein, an annulus supported in said opening, a second annulus on the first said annulus, and pivot bearings supported by said second annulus.

li. In scale, an adjustable universal pivotal connection comprising, in combination,

pivotally supported annulus, a second annulus living thereon and rotatable with respect thereto, and a pivotal support carried by said second annulus.

l2. ln a scale, in combination, a pair of converging levers each having a nose pivot, the axes o't said nose pivots intersecting substantiall;v in the line of intersection of the een-gral vertical planes of said levers, and means connecting said nose pivots to the load-offsetting mechanism ot the scale.

l-. ln a scale, in combination, a pair of converging levers each having a nose pivot, the axes ot said nose pivots lying in the same horizontal plane and intersect-ing substantially in the line of intersection of the central vertical planes of said levers, and means connecting said nose pivots to the leali-offsetting mechanism of the scale.

ll. ln a scale. in combination, a pair or converging levers each having a nose pivot, the a.' s ol said nose pivots intersecting sul- .ily in the line ot intersection of' the central vertical planes ol said levers, and means. including a pair ot relatively rotatable memliers, connecting said nose pivots to the loa d-oflsetting mechanism of the scale'. l5. ln a scale, in combination, a pair ot .slim

'converging levers, one of said levers having the noses of said levers to the load-otl'setting mechanism of the scale.

16. ln a scale, in combination, a pair of converging levers, one of said levers having an upturned nose. the nose of the other olf said levers being forked and straddling said upturned nose, and a pair of swivelly con` nected yokes supporting the noses ol said levers.

Il?. ln a scale, a lever nose structure comA prising, in con'ibiiuition, a lever end, a mem` ber engaging the upper side ot said lever end` a member engaging the lower side` of said lever end. one ot said members carrying a nose pivot, and means Ylor clamping said members respectively against the upper and lower sides of said lever end.

1S. In a scale, a lever nose structure com` prising, in combination, a lever end, a mem` ber engaging the imper side ot said lever end, a member engaging the lower side of said lever end, one of said members carrying a nose pivot, means for clan'iping said members respectively againstl the upper and lower sides of said lever end, and means for adjusting said members longitudinally ot said lever.

i9. In a scale, a lever nose structure comprising, in combination, a lever end, a member having a downwardly opening recess receiving the upper side of said lever end, a member having an upwardly opening recess receiving the lower side thereof, one ot said members carrying a nose pivot, and means for clamping said members upon said lever end.

20. In a scale, a lever nose structure comp `ising, in combination, a lever end. a member having a downwardly opening recess receiving the upper side of said lever end, a member having an upwardly opening recess receiving the lower side thereof, one olf said. members carrying a nose pivot, means for clamping said members against said lever end, and means for adjusting said members longitudinally oit said lever.

2l. ln a scale, a lever nose structure coniprising, in combination, a lever end. a member having a down yardly opening recess rcH ceiving the upper side ot' said lever end, a member having an upwardly opening recess receiving the lower side thereof, one ot said members carrying a nose pivot. each ot said members having laterally cxteiuling ears, and bolts passing through said ears for t ving said members together.

HALVOR O. HEM.

lVitnesses C. E. ViLCox, C. O. MARSHALL. 

